The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-08-07
Camping on Cheat.


Everybody in this community is
familiar with the fact that the val
ley of the Cheat, above Ices Ferry,
is becoming every year more Of a
summer resort.
This summer a larger number
than ever have pitched their camps
there, and the visitor finds an ami
mated scene waiting to greet his
curious eyes. On the north side of
the river Mr.. c. S. Ley has three
cottages, which have been full all
summer. Prof Lyon and family.
with a few friends. have occupied
one, Mr.. Hinton and party, of Allie
gheny City another, and George C.
Baker, Esq, of this city, with his
mother and party. the third: while
the upper part of Legs mill has
been occupied by Mr.. CASTOR and
party from Gastonville, near Pitts
burg. just across the river from
Mr.. Legs house has been encamped
a large party-the Keystone Club
from Allegheny, and Immediately
across the river from the cottage of
Prof. Lyon has been, until within a
few days, a large party Of young
men from Connellsville, Pa, under
the leadership of Dick Everett, for
merly a student at the University
here. That ground is now occupied
by the Bijou Fishing Club, of Nor
gantown. On the right bank of
Quarry run, half mile up the river
from these parties, are the tents of
Prof. ID. b. Purinton and party and
Rev. Mr.. Reynolds and party, of Mt.
Pleasant, Pa, while at Camp Eden
are the elegant quarters of the Hi
larity Fishing Club, of Morgantown
OF course some are coming and some
are going all the time, but this will
give an idea of the camps at very
recent time.
The attraction of this region to
summer excursionists are many and
great. First, there is the wonderful
air, which seems literally loaded
with health and vigor to every weary
breather Then there is Cheat river,
beautiful beyond any power of words
to tell, and like no other river in its
peculiar charm. 1t stands in great,
dark, deep pools connected by rush
ing ripples, and furnishes a paradise
for boating. Its waters, tinged to a
coffee color by the healing properties
of the vegetation upon its banks,
are soft as velvet and delicious in
their refreshing GOODNESS, so that
bathing in Cheat is surpassed only
by sea bathing, and as many think,
not even by that.
But perhaps the greatest charm
of this region is found, after all, in
the surprising grandeur of its seen
cry. The river has ploughed through
the mountains II gorge about 1900
feet deep, whose towering sides are
clad in dark forests and present at
every turn a new and striking scene
of magnificence.
Three especially fine views are
within easy reach of the campers:
Cooper's Rock, two and q half miles
up the river from Camp Eden and
on the right bank; Raven Rock. two
miles further up on the same side,
and Buzzard Rock, one mile above
Camp Eden. on the left side of the
river. Good paths to these places
have been blazed out by Mr. F. w.
Reynolds, of Mt. Pleasant, Pa, whose
energy and enterprise have proba-
bly, never been equalled by any other
camper on Cheat.
The limits of q sketch like this
forbids any extended description of
the region or its interesting features.
But it is confidently believed that
the scenery here is rarely surpassed
east of the Mississippi, or anywhere
else, for that matter, and all who
question the correctness of this esti-
mate are cordially recommended to
try few weeks on Cheat and see
for themselves.